Tuesday, July 28, 2009

rumours.... uh.... scare me

so i was talking to my roommate tonight about the primeau trade, and explaining how (from the sounds of it) anton stralman seems to be a very similar player to mark giordano. y'know; good outlet passer, well-positionned, smart etc.etc.etc.

even though i'm totally comforted by some stuff that kent and robert cleave said over on the boards at M&G (like "any player that is acquired in a trade where the primary piece going back is 1.4M Wayne Primeau probably isn’t going to make a big dent in the big league any time soon"), i still have to wonder if gio's days in a flaming C are numbered.

so anyways, i'm explaining to my roommate how i'm.... well.... concerned about gio's future, and he relays a story that he heard from some dudes who... welll.... MIGHT be in a position know something about things that would happen behind closed doors.... anyhow. i'm just trying to say that this is probably totally not true, but in my experience: rumours don't start from nothing (right, pronger ?)..... but i'm not one to really perpetuate them.... or to name names....

so i was told a tale whereby a certain underperforming/overpaid young blueliner got into a fistfight with a potential future olympic team captain in the dressing room because the latter was awfully angry about the former having *ahem* relations with my favorite player's ladyfriend....

capiche ?

my fear is, of course, that this story is true... if it IS, then the easiest way to diffuse that situation would be to ship my favorite guy out of town and hope that the other two guys (both franchise players) come to some amicable conclusion...

this rumour would also probably explain why hilary duff and mike comrie are the current undisputed nhl+hollywood supercouple, if you catch my drift....

it's late. i'm wide awake. sorry for the tabloid rag post....

on a lighter note, who else is looking forward to watching the brad may/ wayne primeau / colton orr line ? :)

There's no way that story is true. Well, I suppose there's "a way," but that's a third-hand story featuring a hilarious vision of Jarome and Dion SQUARING OFF ON THE FLAMING C in the dressing room over the No. 6 defenceman's girlfriend.

There is no way in H-E-double hockey sticks that Gio is going to be traded. He's too good and his cap-hit is too small. He's a steal of a deal, and that's why he's staying for a while longer. Phaneuf will be out the door sometime this season or early next season unless he can really turn it around and challenge Chara/Lidstrom for the Norris.